Puzzle Notes
Greetings Friends,
Life happened recently.
Emergency pipe repair resulted in two days of drilling, pipe restoration, carpentry work (which inspired 9-Down) and plastering. When you live in a 110-year-old apartment building, there's always a plumbing issue during the heating season!
A dental emergency -- a painful abscess caused by a broken filling -- sent me downtown to the dentist, in a hurry.
There's one good thing about wearing a mask during COVID -- the mask covers the swelled-up "blowfish face" caused by an abscess. The dentist was brilliant and good-natured (inspiration for 46-Down). All is well and healed.
When I sent this puzzle in for testing, the unanimous response was: "We solved it, but what's the theme?"
Such feedback is humbling, as our beloved testers are highly-skilled at solving and cracking themes. Clearly, I'd not written a good title, and it was back to the drawing board. Dear Solvers, there is a theme! I hope that the re-written title will provide safe passage to the Land of the Aha Moment.
Welcome to Week 561 of Crossword Nation. We invite you to solve "Multi-National Venture" as your challenge of the week. Be well and enjoy the new month!
Thank you for subscribing and for re-upping! Until next time . . .
Cruciverbally yours,
Liz
Solvers of The New Yorker puzzles: Themeless puzzlers, please check out my latest crossword (a "challenging" diversion, per the editors).
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But first ....
- Please check the Spam folder. Sometimes the Crossword Nation emails are redirected to Spam folders. This can happen after a software or system update. If it's not in the Spam folder, then try Step 2.
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Happy solving and be well!
Liz Gorski
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